Garden frame



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 H. W. PRATI GARDEN FRAME Filed April 3, 1929 Q mm Nb g" QR Jan. 27, 1931 ATTORNE S 2 sheets-sheet 2 Jan. 27,1931. H. w. PRATT GARDEN vFRAME Filed April 5, 1929 'Patentecl Jan. 27, 1931 UN IrEDsrArEs HENRY'W. PRATT, 0F JERSEYCI'TY, NEWJERSEY, ssrenon r0 ELL A mrnrron COMPANY, A oonronnrronor new JERSEY I v GARDEN FRAME} Application filed l prn a,

This invention relates in general" to socalled garden frames, hot beds, etc., which include frames or walls surrounding a pit in which seeds and small plants [are grown. The tops of such'garden frames, hot beds,

.etc., consistof aplurality of sashesmade agarden frame of the characterdescribed embodying novel and improved features of construction for locking the sashesin place,

so as to prevent the sashes from. being blown off or. otherwise accidentally removed.

' Other'objects; are to provide inia' garden frame a novel and improved combination of hand-holds and locking means for the sashes, whereby the hand-holds and locking means may be manufactured of cast metal so as-to withstandhard usage and to be adapted for application to any sash; to provide such a combination of hand-holds and locking means which'is simple and inexpensive in construction, and to obtain other advantages and results as 'will be brought out by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding and like parts are designated throughout the several views by the same reference characters,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a garden frame embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view, taken on the line 2'2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure :2;

Figure 4 is a sectionalperspective view, taken on the line H of Figure 1, and a Figure 5 is a transverse vertical vsectional view, taken on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Specifically describing the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the reference characters 1 and 2 designate the sidewalls of a hot bed, or garden frame upon the top 1929. Serial H 35 67;

of which are arranged the respective metal sills 3 andv 4. The walls are made of diflerent heights, as clearly shown in Figurefl;

Secured as by angles 5 to theisill l of the higher side Wall 2,. isan anglebar 6"which has-'oneifiange -7 in overlying "relation to the sill 4L. At equidistantly spaced points lo 'i-' tudinally of the sills 3 and 4 are secured T irons 8 with the webs 9 thereof extending ver- 1 ticallyf upward and the bases 10 secured by screws 11 to the respective sills8. and 4. Be

tween each two of the 'T-irons is arranged a sash which includes top and bottom rail's 12" and;13.:and side stiles l4: within whichis arranged a pane of glass '15; The upper rail of each sash 'is normally fitted beneath the flange 7 of the angle bar 6 and'rests on the sill 4. .The stiles of the sash rest on the base flange of' the T-irons 8, andthe base or hot tom rail 13 offthesa'sh' restson the sill3.

Y Secured to the lower edge "of the base rail of each sha'ftfat each end thereof is a. handi hold and lock member lfl which includes a at an angle to said base portion at one side edge thereof. The memberlG is securedto the respective sash with theend lug 19 substantially parallel withythe" adjacent side 'stile ll and preferably substantially flush withthe outer side of the stile, The vertical Web ,9 of eachT-ironis formed with an op'ening2 l corresponding to theopening 20 which when the sashes are applied to the frame alines :with the openings 20 in the adjacent lugs 19, 1A locking pin 22is adaptedeto be passedthrough theopeningsZO in adjacent sashes and the corresponding opening 21 inthelT-iromas clearlyshown'in Figure 3 of the drawings. It will lee-obvious that wi-th the locking pin 22 so arranged, thel'ower ends '7 of the sash are positively held againstthe, sill 3; Atthe same-time, the upper ends'of the sash are positively heldunder the flange f theanglebar 6,"and accordingly the sash lUU cannot be accidentally removed from the gar-' den frame, as by. the wind.

WVhen itis desired to remove any oneuf the sashes, the corresponding locking pin 22 is pulled from the openings and 21, after which the handholds 18 are gripped and the sash raised upwardly and simultaneously pulled outwardly from beneath the flange T of the angle bar 6. i

To prevent loss of the locking pins'22 they maybe formed with aneye 23 at one end,"to which is connected one end of a chain 24, the. other end of which may be connected to "a bolt 25 secured in the sill 3. l

The ends ofthe garden frame are composed or the sash 26 mounted on side sillsi2l as usual, and-the inside of each side sash has secured thereto an'angle bar 28, the vertical flange 29 of which may he provided with an opening to receive the locking. pin'22 of the end sash, as do the openings medlate T-irons 8. I l t Obviouslv instead of using the locking 2110f the interpin22 l niay'attacha padlock to the openings 20 and 21, 'or pass a chain through the-openand lock the ends the chain together. It willlac-understood that the specific embodiment oi": the invention herein described primarily for the purpose of illustrating the principlesoi theinvention, and that the details of construction'of the garden frame may bemodified withoutdeparting from the spirit and scopeof the invention which is defined by the'appended claimsiwhlen. con-. strued in the light of the priorart.

Having thus described the invention, what r I claim is: 4

1. A garden frame comprising sine and end walls,van angle barextending longitudi nally of one of said side walls with, one flange secured to the top of said wall and the other "flange disposed in spaced and substantially parallel relation to said top of the wall a sash resting'upon side and end walls and having oneend arranged beneath said flange of said angle beams means for locking the other end of saidsash againstgbeing raised from the corresponding side wall.'

, 2. Avgarden frame "comprising side and end walls, an angle bar extendinglongitudt nally of one of said side walls with one flange secured to the top of said wall and the other flange disposed in spaced and substantially parallel relationto said top of the Wall, end bars connecting said side walls and each having a vertical web and a horizontal flange, a sash having its ends ,re'sting'upon said side walls and its opposite" sides upon saidhorizontalflanges of saide'ndbars withoneend arranged between said flange of said-1. angle bar and the top of the corresponding wall, and means at the other end of said sash for locking it to said vertical webs of the end bars. 1 a a 1 j 3. A garden framecomprising; side and end walls, an angle bar extending longitudinally of one of said side walls with one flange disposed in spaced and substantially parallel relation to the top or said wall, end bars connecting said sidewalls and each having a vertical web and a horizontal flange, a sash liming its ends restingfupon said side walls its opposite sides upon said horizontal flanges of said end bars with one end arranged betw'een' said flange of sa1danglebar and-the top otthe corresponding wall, said vertical webs of the end bars having transverse openings adjacent the other end of the sash, a member secured to the second-mentioned end of 'of the sash adjacent each side edge thereof and having an opening to aline with said openingin the adjacent vertical web, and a locking member adapted .to be passed; through said openings to locklsaid second-mentioned end of thesash to said end bars. H z

1 Agar n frame con iprising side and end walls, an angle bar extending longitudinally of one o fsaid sidewalls with one flange disposedin spaced and substantially parallel relation to the top of said wall, end bars connecting said side walls and each having vertical web and a horizontal flange, a sash having its'ends resting upon saidside walls and'its opposite sides uponsaid horinEnnY w. PRATT. 

